Chinese Fried Rice

Chinese fried rice or as I like to call it - jewelled rice.  This is the best way to get your children eat all the vegetables - even nasty ones like mushroom (nasty because it is my sons hated vegetable!) 

My aunty Prema used to make this quite often - she used to whip it up in a few minutes, it felt like - and dinner was ready.

There is a bit of prep involved but once that is done, this is a very quick dish to prepare.  You do not have to use all the vegetables, I only used them since I had them in the fridge. Use whatever you feel like - and I have added more vegetables precisely to get the children to eat more veggies.

Ingredients:

3 cups cooked and cold white rice (left over rice is the best)

½ cup each of chopped veggies, I use whatever I have at hand.

Broccoli, Cauliflower, Green Peas, Carrot, Onion, Mushroom, Corn

A handful of shredded cabbage

A handful of chopped spring onion greens for garnish

4 eggs, scrambled with salt and pepper

2-3 cloves garlic, chopped finely

1 -2 tablespoons soy sauce

1 tablespoon oyster sauce

2-3 tablespoons sesame oil (or any vegetable oil)

 

 

Method:

Add 1 tablespoon soy sauce to the rice and mix well.  Set aside.

Heat oil in a wok, add the garlic and when it releases its fragrance, add onions and carrots.  After they have cooked for 3- 4 minutes, add the green peas, corn and mushrooms.  Next add the broccoli and cauliflower.  Add 1 tablespoon soy sauce and the oyster sauce.  Mix well. 

Now add rice and mix well.  Add the shredded cabbage and allow to cook for a further two minutes.

Finally mix in the scrambled eggs.

Garnish with spring onion greens.

 Serve hot with http://kitchenanugraha.blogspot.com/2020/06/gobi-manchurian-cauliflower-manchurian.html